Originally Posted by Sdragon
Massilia (modern Marseille) was founded by Phocaean Greeks in 600 BC and became a big trade city in western Meditterranee. It allied with the Romans in 124 BC though it kept good relations with the gallic tribes near them (their main problem was Carthage who was a concurrent for trade )
In 49 BC, the city chose the side of Pompey and was destroyed by Caesar during the war. Caesar founded the city of Arles for his veterans with the territory of Massilia who was now reduced to only a city. After that the city steadily declined until the 11 th.
I don't know a lot about Massilia military but it may have been a classic hellenistic force with hoplites, peltasts, a few cavalry and maybe some gallic mercenaries.
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